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A brawl between three sisters and employees of a southwest Houston restaurant drew out activist Quanell X, who called Sunday for criminal charges against the employees.

The woman asked a worker at Chacho's on Westheimer for a take-out cup on April 3. When the employee refused because she had alcohol at her table, the woman attempted to go behind the counter to get herself.

The employee came out and a one-minute fight -- caught on video -- broke out.

"We're absolutely outraged and disgusted by the character of this restaurant's employees," Quanell X said Sunday. "The behavior of these employees at this particular establishment shows blatant shame and disgrace for what we know as customer service."

Owner John Burke said that he was shocked by the incident, which he said was handled wrongly. He added that he has owned restaurants for more than 30 years and had never had anything like this happen before.

The manager of the restaurant has been fired.

However, a demand made by Quanell stands for the termination of the remaining employees who were involved and those who failed to report the incident. Additionally, demands were made for the Harris County District Attorney's Office to file assault charges against those employees involved.

"We want action and we want people charged," he said. "We want people fired and terminated, and we want the corrective actions and corrective steps taken by Chacho's corporate to make sure that they demonstrate to the city and our community that the behavior by their employees was not tolerated, it's unacceptable, and they absolutely seek the forgiveness of our community because what has happened is totally wrong."